NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The No. 11 Columbia men's squash team won
six of nine matches, including the top four spots on the ladder, to defeat No.
14 Navy, 6-3, in the opening round of the Hoehn Cup (B Division) at the 2013
CSA National Team Championships.

Similar to the first time these
two teams played, a majority of the matches needed four or five sets to be
decided. The lone sweeps of the match came in the No. 1 and 5 matches. Ramit
Tandon captured an 11-3, 11-5, 11-4 win in the top match for Columbia, while
Colin Barry secured the No. 5 match for Navy.

Mohamed AbdelMaksoud and Tony Zou
both used five sets to record wins for the Lions in the No. 2 and 3 matches,
respectively. AbdelMaksoud won the first, third and fifth games en route to his
victory, while Zou battled back after dropping the opening set to edge Hunter
Beck for the win.

Alec Goldberg and Alex Nalle
closed out the victory for Columbia with wins in the final two matches of the
ladder. After going down 2-1, Goldberg won the final two games of the No. 8
match to beat Mitchell Bottini. Nalle was tied with Cotter Walker after the first
two games, but took the next two for Columbia.

Columbia will next take on No. 10
Williams in the Hoehn Cup semifinals, Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The Lions and Ephs
met earlier this season with Williams capturing a 6-3 win.